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Sarah La Cioppa

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Business Development / Strategy / Growth

Looking for generalist roles as a Chief of Staff, Business Development, Strategy

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Skills

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Project Management Skills

Strategic Growth

Strategy

Open for

fulltime

cofounder

Work Experience

Microsoft

2020-09 - 2022-10

Workplace
Business Development SaaS
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

• Partnering with a portfolio of +30 strategic Software as a Service (SaaS) companies across all industries, enabling them for growth across the three platforms Microsoft Azure, Teams and Dynamics 365 • Driving digital transformation initiatives and solving business problems by developing new cloud economic models together with SaaS partners engaging within all levels of an organization • Research of industry and customer needs to identify where Microsoft has gaps in its portfolio of SaaS solutions and identify opportunities to disrupt the marketplace with new and differentiated solutions that can transform business

Microsoft

2018-09 - 2020-08

Workplace
Partner Development Manager for Startups
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

• Launch of the Microsoft for Startups program in Switzerland by building and growing a startup accelerator program supported by an internal and external network • Setting up a v-team and governance structure within Switzerland and liasing with worldwide teams • Scouting and recruiting Seed/Series A software startups in Switzerland to the Microsoft Azure platform helping a portfolio of +100 startups to grow and scale through the Microsoft partner and customer ecosystem

Microsoft

2017-01 - 2017-08

Workplace
Business Analyst
Location

Zürich

Employement type

parttime

• Monitoring and controlling of end customer investment funds from a business and compliance perspective • Support of sales teams in sourcing matching investment programs; liaising with the Swiss subsidiary, Western Europe and worldwide teams • Establishment and implementation of a new process facilitating and accelerating funding requests within the Swiss subsidiary • Support of Swiss finance team in daily business

Lindt & Sprüngli

2016-03 - 2016-08

Workplace
Key Account Management Internship
Location

Zürich

Employement type

internship

• Category management projects for various clients increasing the overall category performance • Creation and realization of various shop-in-shop concepts • Regular analysis of sales volume and market share • Preparation of sales negotiation presentations

Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund

2015-07 - 2015-12

Workplace
Marketing Internship
Location

Zürich

Employement type

internship

• Development of marketing training strategies and analysis of synergies • Evaluation of IT-systems incl. planning, conceptualization and implementation of e-learnings • Controlling of the marketing and sales education offer

bestsmile

2022-11 -

Workplace
Growth & Business Development Lead
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

• Shaping the future strategic direction and management of company-wide projects • Continuous evaluation of the existing business model • Documentation and analysis of external events and market changes • Introduction of new processes as well as further development and optimization of existing processes

Academic Experience

University of St. Gallen -

 

2016.09 - 2018.04

Master of Arts, MA in Marketing, Communications and Services Management

University of St. Gallen -

 

2012.09 - 2016.04

Bachelor of Arts, BA in Business Administration

EM LYON BUSINESS SCHOOL -

 

2017.09 - 2017.12

Master of Arts, MA in Management and Entrepreneurship